Yesterday we burrowed deeper into the heart of winter, extremities covered, breath apparent and a hardened resolve. There's something emboldening about layering up, lacing up and powering out into the cold to give a little something back.

This week we ran the 1 mile over to Abbey Gardens to help plant seeds in muslin bags. A small hiccup in the shape of a locked gate, meant other means of entry were taken. Torange brought some white (muslin) bags over, we filled up some soil in barrels and then mixed through the seed pack. Next teams began to insert the mixture into the bags, that took on a rather nice density (think stress ball, but better), then tie them up and put them aside. Enthusiasm and organised chaos was observed amongst the squad as they swiftly dispatched with the task. We escaped our voluntary horticultural incarceration and ran back through the still fresh air.

On return a six exercise core combo was completed, to the surprise of some and the content of others (me). It was a well executed set, with lots of planking based movements, if you can achieve the full body rigidity (required for press ups/planks/mountain climbers) your muscle awareness will improve hugely as result. Next time you plank - consider which muscles are 'on' and tensed - it should be all of them.

I thoroughly enjoyed our unscripted session and your can-do attitudes, lot of time for that. Next we go back to Cody Dock to assist the remarkable regeneration that is still in full flow. Sign up sign up

Have a good weekend team - think about planning a targeted Parkrun attempt this November, where you get up your mileage 10% in the previous few weeks and push beyond your normal comfort level on Saturday morning. I'll be sharing the tree planting missions on our whatsapp group soon (23/11 and 30/11), with a Parkrun blast beforehand, this could be our 5k aim?

Till next week,

B